The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Bank, has been brought forward with a capital of £1,000,000, the first issue to consist of 10,000 shares of £5O each. This establishment is specially de signed to meet the requirements of the business connected with the agricultural and cattle markets of the metropolis, and offices will be accordingly instituted in the, city, at Smithfield,. and near the Caledonian-road. The operations of parties en gaged in transactions with these various markets are said to represent about twenty millions sterling per annum, and to be mostly in the hands of private firms. Provisional arrangements have been made whereby an estab lished connection, under competent and experienced management, will be obtained, and a profitable re turn from the first year's negotiations are confi- dently anticipated. Allusion is made in the pro spectus to the successful career of the other new joint-stock banks, and as a large and powerful support has been promised, the directors appear warranted to anticipate similar results. The London and Liverpool Hotel Company is before the public with a capital of £120,000 in 6,000 shares of £2O each. The directory is of a highly respectable character, and the intention of the promoters is to purchase the Washington Hots in Liverpool, recently erected there, with all its appurtenances, of stock-in-trade, furniture, &c., with a view to co-operation with similar establishments in London, Mane hes ter, and other towns of the United Kingdom as well as in America. The ice-wells included in dred rooms, and designed and fitted up on the mode] of the great American and Continental institutions, Arrangements have been made for the transfer o the business et once, and cansequently immediate returns may be expected. s At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's gl telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes opened at 66f. 10c. '1 —very flat. 1 A decline of an important character has taken , t place in the Foreign Market upon a pressure of rt speculative sales. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862 , are 681 69; do. Consolides, have dropped to 4l 50; " Mexican, 11, to 421 43 ; Greek, 11, to 21} 22; the I Coupons, 1, to 101 ; Spanish Passive, to 34f do. Certificates, 1, to 1314 ; and the Confederate Loan is 45 47. 81 The operations in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, but prices have generally shown less firmness. Great Eastern, Lancashire - and Yorkshire, and North Western have each de- 7 clined 4 ; Metropolitan, 1-; Great Northern A Stock, d ; and Great Western, 1. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings con , tinue inactive, at about former rates. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull, without any material change to record as regards values. Queensland Sheep Company Investment are quoted 1 to 11 prem.; Credit Foncier of Great Britain, 11 to 21 prem. ; Financial Corporation, 2 to 2f prem. ; Bristol Indigo Blue and Black Lead Company, t prem. ; and South Eastern Banking Company, I to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 pee Cent. Console Ditto Account, March 5 914 1 I 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B 9i I i 1 Aenuities, 30 yrs, expire i9th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 23 & 3 per Cent 6 die Ditto £5OO .. 5 Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. INDIUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... Ditto Account • • Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account... , — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 .. 1015 Ditto 53 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto:Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian s'per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ........ — Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-53-60 - Ditto 1863 B7l Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account.... Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred — Cuba, 6 per Cent. utiilian 6 per Cent - Ditto 45 pm Cent — Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lOO Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lo} 1 Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891.... Peruvian 45 per Cent — Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 43 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 85:1 Ditto 15 per Cent Pierlmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex, 25f — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — Pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account — Ressia n 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent 1850.. Ditto 6 por Cent, 1862 B9l Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 35 41 5 Sietnish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto A coount Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1868 Ditto Ar.count Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ............ .. 691 9 Ditto, £ltoo Bonds .................. 693 9 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent......, .. 994 1004 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account !lift ( ) 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account 595 1. Dividends on the above payable in Load . a Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. --- Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex, 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .... — hutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders I talan, 5 per C en t., 1861, Lx. 25 f rancs — Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4) per Ct. Ex. 4s. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto APril Account.. . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is a fair demand for accommodation, and owing to the better feeling regarding the future, brokers are willing to negotiate first class three months' bills at 61 per cent. About £16,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The China, from America, has arrived with £41,700. The failure was announced on Saturday of Messrs. E. 'Yeomans and S )n, gunmakers, but their liabili ties are not supposed to be very large. Edward Smith, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., has joined the board of the City Mercantile Club and Dining Hall Company (Limited.) A new monetary institution, entitled the Albion the purchase-money will, it is said, alone secure a io good dividend on the capital invested. The hotel 6k is well situat€d, being adjacent to the principal rail- 2, way station of the town, contains about two hun- 2): Two O'CLOCK. A fall of nearly 1 1 , per cent. has taken place to- 1( 1( clay in the market for the English funds, in con- r c sequence of an uneasy feeling with regard to foreign la c i politics. Sales h ave b een p resse d t o some oxtent, 'to and the other markets also exhibit heaviness. Con. 2 _ cols for transfer and the Bth inst. are about 91, and do for the April settlement 91i. The New Threes 2 and Reduced Annuities are 891 / and Indian 5 per Cents. IC4I, 9. ID SHARE 'his day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUR.S. Share . Railways. Tr o i s c i e 7 I Budsoinne.eml 13.14. E Bir„ Wol., and Str. Val 25 f Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co St Bristol and Exeter St Caledonian N Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 8 E in • 83 65 120 121 1201 a} 10 Do A(A gets no diN 10 Do, B fill o Pc•Pan•ha' been paid to B. 50 !Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Pertli,& Ab. June. st ,Edinburgh i Glasgow. st Wasp, and S. Western. , St , Great Eastern, Ord. stk it I Ditto A stock St Ditto East Anglian Est St iGreatNorthof Scotland St;Great Northern"... . • • St Do A stook et Do l 3 do it S. and W. of Irelan St I Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stoal4 St ,Lancashlte & Yorkshirc. at London and iilackwall St Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., mad Dover at Lon, & North Western, it Lon. A: Scr.th Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 4 Dot shares.. at Metropolitan St Midland Do New it Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. it shares 25 Slid Kent 10 I Do Cray Line at North British it ,Edin., Perth, & Dundee St 'Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Leeds at Do York it Do Carlisle.. st North London 10 I Do New P. 15.4 North Staffordshire lo N. and S. W. Junction St Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo st Shropshire Union St 'South Demon St !South Eastern st South Wales I st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 1866 it Taft Vale.. ,0 Do B 0' Do C 0 Ulster Do !JO I Do it !Vale of Neath it Victoria sta. and Pim It IWaterford Kilkenny :t ;West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Ilar.Aß + t West Midland -Oxford t Do Newport t Do Herciord _ - 6 7 36 38 16 17 94i 951 107 109 47 '8 47 49 7 8 1?6 128 128 130 D 2 134 95 97 622 63. i 1(91 1091 6) 71 10t 104 3) 4t 1071 108 i 99 100 51 52 1071 108 126 1%6 96 93 531 541 24 tG 1011 1 102 sfj 57, 891 00, 12! 127 1 2 774 78 101 )11 123 126 4 I 44 93 100 63} 64i 84 26 80j el 100 102 Bi 01 37 38 9 10 7 8 16) 165 5 6 ; 3 3i p 91 91 22 24 BRUISE{ POSSESSIONS. fart Rail ,:aye oo 'antic & liczu.,Barodact.Contin, Gu. 5 per cent... W Do. New . W Do. E. Shares ?Oi Buffalo and Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 00 I Ilufralo,Brant,&Godriel: 8 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 17: .00 Do. do. July 1, 187. 00 Do. do. June 1, st Clcutta..t S.Eastn. (Line 8t Cape Town Dock Scrii :ock Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. cek East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... ) Do. do. H do. .. )k Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pt ef. stock ... do. deferred..... 4th l'ref. stock.. I Do. do. deferred...... at ot. Indlal'enln.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. o. • Do. January, 1862 .. ik Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . ••• Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. C. do. "77-8. ... Indian Branch Limited took Madras. guar., 5 P. 0 . .. took Do. 41 p. C. Extension took Do. 44 d 0........ 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension. ;ock lielb.Corp. sp. o. Buds 50 Helb. do llobson's Bay. ,00 Do. 7 p. k along. Bd - s. 0 Newßruesmok Candx Class A an d N.Kl.C'daB po Ist p i bds ock Soinde ock Do. Delhi.. to Do. do • ' • at Do. Punjaub 1.. Do. Do. ...• )ck Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER all 100 (100 100 all 100 100 Paid., all Closing Prioe. 59 b 1 103) 10.4 1 1 ; 1 p P bur p 7t 8J 101 103 103 103 1054 1061 104 1 0 5 t f F 194 20i 73 15 57 61 66 6i 5) 63 49 61 3•i 42 26 28 22 t 5 103} 104! / 103 104 94 is 11 104 f; 92 94 85 87 P 1 1 ) 1024 1031 97 09 92 96 M 58 3 5 82 84 ,03 104 024 1034 iP 024 103 i MEN 98 10) t..an.Gor. 6 p.e.Ja &Jul) —1877-8 i ......... - Do. 0 p. c. Feb. & Aug ; Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. j Do. 5 Inscribed stock 'Cape G.llope, 6p c,1873 Do.Ap &Oct. 188 C Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891 ,•Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 'Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent 1 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5p z..,18 ~t - Du. 5 p. e.,184t to I:,t - Do. d0.,1888 drupvidF New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 'Queensland Gm 6p. C IS. Aus 616p.c.1678.& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to Sum. Ati&Ock.. BRITIS 2 (Cambrian Consol. Gold - chilord Amalgamated - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) - East Bassett ( Illogan) - East Clogau Gold Ltd - j East Caradon ...... - :East Cara Brea... - E. WI Russel ('ravlstk.) - Gam.diSt.Autiyn(Given - Great South Toh,rus - ;(1. Wheal Vor (lleiston;, - ;Grenville - ilerA's-Foot . - ;11ingstua Downs - I Lady Bertha - Margaret (Uny Lelant - ;Marko Valley.. !Alyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; • New Setun • North Downs • y.ll Basset (Ill Nan North Wheml Crotty • I Par Consols (St. Blaze) Providenoe(Uny Lelnt.) • SouthCaradoir.Cleer j 5. Cant Brea (I logan) IF..Wheal Fran. (Illozan Stray Park rarnarSilv.& Lead Min ' Pin Croft West Basset (Illor;an). • I%V Cr radon (Liskeard 1 'West Setun Wheal Basset (Mogan, Wheal Buller(ltedruth;l Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan Wheal LucLott Wheal MaryAnni,:iten ) Wheal Deton (Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) ~Wheal Union SECURITI 101 103 100 702 99 101 8U B 1 sa lil 106 108 108 110 110 112 108 109 111 111 106 108 IGB 110 101 103 99 100 99 101 99 100 108 110 [O4 106 10) 11l 10 111 3 id E 5 670 680 65 70 44 I i 1281 8 IV 131 I(9f 70i 102 3 40 i 107 i i 7 ND 1071 f 126/ 101 1001 44 46 440 (60 65 60 23 N 18.18.g1 ,30.17.61 2.0.0 3.0. b "I 6sl )! , &17 20 20} 11 12 21 23 83 86 185 195 87i 92i St 37 2} 3 13¢ 1 , 111 175 185 2 & 2ti 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 109 Ditto, 6 per cent. pf., 122 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm.. 110 Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 per cent., 106 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 6 per cent., pt., 1011 LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4} per Cent., Oli London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 100) Nottingham and Grantham It. & G, 91i Wilts and Somerset, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon= and Liverpool (Urn.), 471 8 Australasia, 77, Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of otago, lira., 3; 4 Bank of Queensland (11m), 15 Bank of New Zealand. 164 Brazili ,n and Portuguese, lim., 84 British North American. 48, 9 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 444 City,' 116 Colonial, lim., 414 Consolidated Bank, lim., 104 East London, lim., 74 English and Irish (lim.), 12 English and Swedish, Bra., 71 Imperial Bank (lira.), 264 7 Imperial Ottoman, 184 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3; London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 54 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Jim., 121 London Chartered Bank of Australia, wit 1 6 London and County, 561 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lim., 94 10 London Joint Stock, 414 1 London and Northern (lim.), 144 London and South African, 274 London and South American, lim., 94 Netrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 241 National Provincial of England. Ditto, new, 41 Sande, Punjaub, and Delhi, f Ditto, new, 7i East and West India, 1401 Great Floating Do*, 0 London, 73 St. Katharine, 701 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 20 Berlin Water Works, lim., 9 Ceylon Company, 301 Contract Corporation lim., 6 6 English and Australian Copper, it Gen. Credit and Ninalloe of London, Um., 71 Hudson's Bay, 18 1 International Financial Society, 121 Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lim., 8 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 Joznt•stook Discount, lim., Land Securities, lim., 4i 1 London Financial Association, lim., 25 Peninsula and Oriental -Steam, SO Ditto, new, 484 Quebrada Land, Rail, and 31Ining, lira., 3 2 3 Royal Mail btearn. B'e South A mean Mortgage and Investment, 41 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), line., Universal Marine (Insurance), hm,, 41 Yuri Diemen's Land, 10j THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1864. PIIARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were dull for wheat. Selected parcels changed hands at about previous rates, but damp produce was only saleable in most instances at lower prices. , For spring corn the demand was in a sluggish state, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Flour moved off slowly on former terms. The New York market continues dull both for wheat and flour, and a further reduction has taken place in prices. bhipments of flour continue to be made from French ports to this country. Moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 6,214 quarters of wheat, 5,300 barley, 9,140 eats, 685 tares, 14,457 linseed, 6,284 oilseeds, 1,946 sacks, and 363 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of wheat were very moderate, but there was an increased and moder- ately extensive show of samples on the Kentish stands. The produce, almost generally, was affected by the pre vailing damp weather ; nevertheless, even dry samples met a dull inquiry, and they could only be disposed of by sub mitting to a decline in prices from lgonday last of is per quarter. At this reduction a portion of the supply found buyers, but there was a considerable number of samples left unsold at the close of business. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was moderate. Notwithstanding the recent small importations the transactions in all descriptions were of very moderate extent, and almost generally of a retail character, at Mon day's prices to is per quarter decline. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at barely late rates. Maize, however, afloat from the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff, was in request, at extreme quotations. There was a fair average supply of barley on the stands. Good and fine malting qualities—the supply of which on offer was small—changed hands at full prices; otherwise, the barley trade was very dull, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. In malt a very moderate business has been transacted, yet previous quotations were supported. The market was well supplied with English, Scotch, and Irish oats, but the show of foreign parcels on offer was very moderate, For all qualities the trade was very dull, and prices ruled in some instances in favour of buyers to the extent of 6d per quarter. There was a moderate supply of beans on tho stands, Mavens changed hands more freely at the late decline in prices, and the trade for other descriptions was on the whole steady, but far from active, at previous quotations. Peas moved off slowly at late rates. The show o samples was moderate. For flour the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no ma terial change took place in prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 42s Ditto, old •-8 —s Ditto, white, 1863 42s 48s Ditto, old —s —0 /Noriolk and Lincoln, red, old —8 —; Ditto, 1803 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 2ss 381 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB C,68 Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os C6s Chevalier 668 fBs Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l5B 238 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l9B 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Feas—Grey. Maple 338 36s White 36s 388 Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk .. 2Bs 30s Stockton and N0rf01k.............. 278 20s American, per barrel l9l 27s thinly represented. The following is the latest statement of arrivals to the current sales : Batas. New South Wales and Queensland Victoria Tasmania South Australia 10,063 New Zealand l,OBO Cape Total 49,230 In the English wool trade, by private contract, there has, since we last wrote, been increased firmness, particularly in long descriptions, which, owing to the limited supply on offer, have commanded rather more money. At Liverpool a demand has sprung up for wool for shipment to New York. IRK ET. the close of the market. .. \ Walls E ad. Haswell lB 6 South Hartlepool..." 17 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 3 K elloe . South lielloe 17 6 Heugh Hall P 6 Riddell .... 15 6 Hartlepool ..18 3 Hartou 15 6 ,t, 40; sold, 25. SPORTING NOTES, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. For the time of year, the supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-day was tolerably extensive, and in fair condition. Sales progressed slowly, at about previous quo- ationg, From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up were moderately good. The Scots oame to hand in prime condition, but the quality of other breeds was by no means first-rate. The beef trade was in a very inactive state, at last Monday's decline in the quotations. The top figure for Scots and crosses was se, but heavy bullocks changed hands at 4s 10d, and even 4s Sd per 81bs. Prime short horns realised 4s 8d per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk,Essex, and Cambridge- 27 ft- I. a} 97 8 shire amounted to 2,200 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from othar parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland, 233 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 130 oxen and heifers. 891 90 Wo were tolerably well supplied with sheep, the quality of which was good. Prime Downs and half-brads, fn the wool, sold steadily, at about last week's prices, the top quo tation being Gs per 81bs—otherwise the mutton trade was dull, and the currencies had a drooping tendency. Downs and half•breds, out of the wool, sold at from 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. Lambs, the supply of which was only moderate, were a dull inquiry, at from 6s 8d to 78 4d per Sibs. Very few calves were on offer, yet the veal trade was dull at Thursday's currency. Tap price 5s per 81bs. In pigs very little was doing, on former terms. TOTAL SUPPLY. POI - MOO SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows Sheep Calves .. rigs 290 Per 81bs.to sink the offal. 111 101 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs s. d. s. d. s . d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Primecrs-wool d 0.6 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Prue. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 5 Largo ores. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Ors°. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 1 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second qualitydo. 4 6 5 2' Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, Hs toj26s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 6,539 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,961—in 1862, 1,398—in 1861, 1,964 —in 1860, 3,570—in 1859, 1,704—in 1858, 294 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LABI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam .... 289 .. 397 .. 248 .. 2: Harlingen 485 .. .. 13 .. Hamburg l2 .. 2960 .. • Amsterdam 31 Boulogne Bremen OOO • • • . • • Dordt. BB .. 292 • • • • Nieu Diep •• • • • • • • ..-"" • • • • Antwerp. 45 .. -- • . • • 34 • • -- Ostend 000 103 .. 626 .. 8 .. 33 .. 425 Calais — .. 20 . • • • • • 96 Oporto — • • • • • . • • --- D unkirk. oo Total .... 1010 .. 1761 .. 8 .. 319 .. 376 Tho yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 699 2,972 280 .. 18g2 .. 91 .. 1,026 .. 281 .. 1861 749 .. 1,011 .. 167 .. 37 18 , 30 1859 203 .. 1,282 .. .. 129 .. 1858 2OO .. 94 .. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, March 9, 1863, and this day, Monday, March 7, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. March 9, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime !ergo oxen .. 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c... 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep .... 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. .. 4 2 410 Primo coarse-woolled do 5 0 6 8 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves: .. 4 4 6 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 Beasts .. Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. 350 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 10, 1862.-11 sheep, 16,450—calves, 133—pigs, 340. MAEcit 11, 1861.—Beasts, 4,l3o—sheep, 1£ 74—pigs, 380. March 7, 1864. 3 6to 3 10 40 4 4 46 4 8 4 10 6 0 310 4 4 46 6 2 54 6 8 610 6 0 00 0 0 40 4 8 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 4,430 17,840 460 easta, 3,760 I,3lo—calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Moderate supplies of town and country-killed meat are on sale at these markots. To-day, the trade generally is dull, and prices are rather drooping. Per Sib, by the carcase. sdad Inferior boef .. 3 0 3 4 edad Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Vaal Small pork 4 0 4 6 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 Nliddling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Frime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Largo pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets continue to be well supplied with home grown potatoes. Good and fine qualities command a tolerably steady sale at about previous rates, otherwise, the trade is very dull, at our quotations. There wore no ha ports into London last week, Yorkshire Regents 6os to 80s per ton. Flukes Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 55s to 70s „ Rocks Kent and Esstx Regents WOOL. The public sales of colonial Nyco] commenced on Thurs day last, and are progressing with considerable animation. Up to the present time there has Leen a good attendance of buyers from Yorkshire, and they have purchased all de scriptions freely, at the extreme rates current last series to id per lb advance. The improvement is chiefly confined to Western Cape produce and to naw Sydney fleeces, both of which have come to hand in good condition,. For the Con tinent and America very few transactions have, as yet, taken place, foreign houses having, for the most part, been THE LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING There was a great improvement in the Nottingham meeting over Lincoln, both in regard to the fields and the quality of tha animals. The result of the races threw no light on future events. The Derby meeting was only remarkable for the additional support awarded to Bantam in consequence of the easy victory of her stable-companion, Chamade, in the Midland Steeplechase. The Liverpool Spring meeting, which commences to morrow, has a greater number of horses engaged than ever it has had on any previous year—thanks to the energetic efforts of Mr. Topham, the respected lessee. The Liverpool Spring Cup is the most important event to bo decided to-morrow. Mr. Merry has both Costa and the Knave engaged, and if he moans to commenre business thus early, the race lies at his mercy with whichever he may choose to do battle for him. In the absence of the above two, I shall look to The Monk or Warminster to furnish the winner. The Tyro Stakes will be carried off by Sloth if Lord Stamford pulls him out. Tho Liverpool Steeplechase will be decided on Wednes day, for which a large field is expected, which will be made up from the following : • Ago at lb Age at lb Emblem a 12 8 Tolurno R3porter Thomastown a 12 0 Portland a 10 12 Arbury .. a 11 12 Satanella .. Sir William Sinking Fund .... a 11 10 Weat•end Jerusalem Medcra Harry (French) .. a 11 8 Rockley Bantam a 11 6 Real Jam Wee Nell Leonidas The Czar Serious Case a 11 3 Martha Romeo Amy Bantam has been the ruling favourite fur the last few weeks, and has been selected by almost every prophet In London as the winner of the great race; but, groat horse as ho is, as well as being one of the most accomplished fencers, ho shall not have my confidence on the present occasion, although he was my selection last week when at Bto 1. No doubt he will very likely start first favourite, but, as Lord Dundreary would say, "That's no reason ho should win." Emblem carries the fop weight, but will give way to her stable companion Emblematic, who will carry Lord Coventry's money, and if she meets with no accident in the race and runs up to her trial, I shall fully expect the judge to hoist her number as the winner. Romeo ran third for this race in 18G2, carrying Bst 121 b. A slight demonstration was made in his favour in the City on Saturday, and ho ought to be kept harmless. Wee Nell is a good jumper, and will take a great deal of boating, and the same may be said of Jerusalem, who seems to be the trusted of the stable, now that Sinking Fund has been knocked out. Portland's party think the race "all over but shouting," though I do not think he can quite win. Real Jam has been backed in earnest since his victory in the hurdle race last week at Derby, and ought to finish forward. The French division will be represented by Harry, who is almost sure to get honourable mention in the first three. Bell's Life, Martha, andiThe Czar aro also formidable for places. My final impression is that the Grand National Steeple chase will be won by either EMBLEMATIC, JERUSALEM, or WEE NELL, and I expect when the numbers go up that the judge will place Emblematic Wee Nell 2 Harry A FRESH MAN. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. Tho following horses had arrived up to last night : Thomastown, O'Connell, Earl of Douglas, Topsy, Nationa Petition, and Brian O'Lynno. STATE OF GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated Feb. 16, says . " The memorandum of the lonian Treaty has arrived. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has an nounced this to the Assembly, bat at the present time very reasonably limits his information to stating that many of the objectionable clauses in the first one have been remedied. A semi-official paper here states that the neutrality of the toil is limited to the islands of Corfu and Paxos; and, as regards the forte, the entire subject will be left to the discretion of Eng.. land. The other articles of the Treaty, such as the flag, the treaties of commerce, &c., are questions of time; and, in fact, it is said that in 40 days at the furthest the annexation will be an accomplished fact. "The Assembly has declared the Municipal Conncil as abolished by the revolution. It has authorised the Government to issue Treasury bonds to the extent of 2,000,000 of drachmas at three and six months date, bearing 8 per cent. in terest. The National Bank will discount these bonds, being guaranteed by the emery stone at the island of Naxos. At the expiration of the time men tioned the Government will be in a position to take up the bonds. With respect to the Budget of 1864 it has been reported publicly that it was submitted to the Assembly by the Ministry, without being submitted to Count Sponneck or to the King; a communicatioa made to one of the local journals pretends in consequence that whatever may be the result of the project the Count is free from all responsibility. The general opinion, however, ap pears to be that the Ministry was not obliged to consult either the King or the Count, and the com munication has been simply made from interested motives. " The small pox has made great ravages at Thebes And in teeny other places on the mainland. Winter is disappearing. Brigandage happily is diminishing. His Alajesty occasionally honours by his presence the Hellenic drama ; the last piece, which was very well represented, was ' The Cap ture of Ipsara.' " A letter from Corfu, dated Feb. 15, says : " The wet weather we have had here up to within the last few days has somewhat retarded the operations for dismantling the fortifications, but, with the return of fine weather, the works are again being steadily prosecuted. In Vido and Forts A brawn and Neuf shafts are being sunk and galleries driven for the reception of the charges for blowing them up, and these forts already begin to have an air of desolation. At Fort Neuf the sea defences only are to be destroyed. The clearance thus effected will afford the opportunity for continuing the road from the market and Custom-house, in flout of the harbour, to the suburb of Manduchio, which is only now to be reached from this portion of the town by a long detour round the land side of the fort. The scheme has been talked of for some time, and if curled - out it will be a great improvement. Few guns are now remaining in Fort Neuf ; in Fort Abram there were none mounted ; but I believe the armament was nearly ready to be sent out from England; shot, shell, and stores of all descriptions are being removed for shipment. "As time wears on speculation is rife as to the period when the British troops will be withdrawn, I understand that the heads of the various depart ments have received a semi-official notice that all matters connected with the evacuation are to be completed by the 2d of April. 4 , I have on a former occasion referred to the fact of the falling off of the receipts of the Custom house since annexation of the islands with Greece was decided upon. The usual average receipts had been about £6,000 a month. Up to the present time this month they have reached about /800, and as no further imports of any extent are expected, the gross receipts for this month are not likely to exceed £l,OOO. THE DANISH RELIEF FUND IN LIVERFOOL.—The cause of the Danish Relief Fund is making rapid progress in Liverpool. An influential committee has been appointed, and subscriptions have been received from seve ral of the leading houses. A considerable addition was made to the subscription list yesterday, and the total subscribed in Liverpool up to last evening amounted to about £6OO. Tn ALABAMA. —A Washington despatch of the 19th ult. to the New York 7 ribrtne says:—" The last trustworthy intelligence fixes the pirate Alabama at the dock at Amoy on the 17th of January. The United States steamer Wyoming, Captain M'Dougal, was also there, and the United States ship Jamestown was daily expected. Tho navy department feels confident that the Alabama will never leave port, and it is not impossible that she will bo destroyed at that place." BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale here has not in creased, and the show of foreign samples is but moderate Nearly all qualities command a steady sale, and last week's currency is well supported. The import, last week, amounted to 229 bales for Antwerp; 156 Brennen; 17 Hamburg; 13 Ostend; 50 Rotterdam; 4 Calais; 19 Boulogne, and 100 bales from New York. Mid and East Rents £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Konts 5 Os to 7 7s ~ Sussex Bavarian ............ 5 63 to 8 SA PI Belgian American .......... 5 Se to 6 128 1, SEEDS. Cloverseed is in moderate request, and prices rule very firm. Linseed and rapeseed are held at extreme rates. Other seeds are a slow sale. For cakes there is a steady demand, and previous quotations are well supported. Turn! p,White,p. bus.ll sto 14s Swede s —s Mustard, Brown White, Tares, Spring....4s Od le 83 Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 52s 6 !s Rye grass, Hew 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et —s —s White Foreign Red 44s 50s White sos 84a Trefoil, new 22s 278 Carraway Coriander 123 16s liernpseed, per qr 4os 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 7ts Crushing Baltic —s -8 Odessa —s -8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English .£9los.£lo 5s Foreign £9los £lO 155 Rape Calces,p ton.£s Os £6 O■ Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 050 TALLOW. Increased firmness is apparent in the tallow trade to-day, and a further advance has taken place in the currency. P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s per cwt on the spot. Rough fat commands 2s lid per Blbs. Town tallow is worth 40s Gd net cash. Particulars. 1850. 1861 1862. / 1863. 1864. 6 8 1, i t 7 0 46 4 8 ,3 9 6 1 4 t 0 0 11 138 4 9 5 1 7 t 7 0 11 5 8 7 6°1 I. :0 - - -- - - m Oct !—8 d —8 Od Stock 59_ 3 5 1 06 .8 10 7 d1 5 0 , 569 7 01 1 8 04 Price of Y.C. .. ? Delivery lastweek 1 1,020, 843 1,665 911 2,152 Ditto from June 1 67,918 66,232 100,01,3 65,062 8 1,374 Arrivals last week 1,•:75 1,615 2,425 1,132 3"..1 Ditto from June 1 I 90,712 110,085 86.971 73,162 80576 Price of Town.... 60s 3d 6 ,- 'l3 3d 488 64 1 45a 9d 43a Oil Prioea of Coa COAL per Ton al e. d. Lambert's West Hart- ley 14 6 Wylam 17 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 West Hartley 15 0 Holywell 17 0 Walls End. Hetton 18 6 South Hetton ...18 6 Gosforth l5 6 Ships at mark( SHIPWRECKS, _ - CAENSORE, CO. WEXFORD. Saturday Night. At a late hour yesterday morning (reports Dr. Waddy) intelligence was received of a large vessel being ashore on the Long Bank, about seven or eight N.N.E. of this place. The weather was very thick, and rainy, and the wind was blowing fresh from S.S.E. The lifeboat of the National Institu- tion, stationed at Carsore, was at once launched, and proceeded to the scene of the wreck, and arrived there about noon, after having passed through some very high seas, particularly off Greenore Point, and the south end of the Long Bank. The vessel had British colours flying, and the lifeboat ran close to her through a tremendously heavy sea which was breaking over the ship half-mast high. On arriving alongside she was found to be abandoned. It was impossible for the boat to return to her station, directly against the sea, wind, and flood tide, and she was accord ingly beached at Whitehouse. The surf here was very heavy, but the landing was safely performed, with the loss of a boathook only. The wrecked vessel proved to be the ship Desert Flower, of and from Liverpool to Calcatta, with 2,000 tons of coals on board. The crew, consisting of 27 men, had managed to reach the shore in their own boats, with the exception of the chief mate and carpenter, who were unfortunately drowned while leaving the ship. This lifeboat, which was the gift of a benevolent lady to the National Institution, was instrumental about two years since in rescuing 19 persons from the wrecked barque Guyana, of Glasgow. KINGSGATE, Sunday Night. The following is the report of the coxswain o the liingsgate lifeboat belonging to the Nationa Lifeboat Institution :_. p.m. on th e n i g h t o f t h e sth i ns t., th e Co: About 9 dman on duty saw a vessel ashore on Whiteness rocks. It was then blowing strongly E.N.E., with a heavy surf on the shore, very thick fog and very dark, with rain. On the first intima tion being given to me, I sent for horses and took the lifeboat to Jose Gap, manned her with Coast guardmen, and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the smack Ann and Elizabeth, of Whitstable, from Shoreham, bound to Whitstable, with oysters. When we arrived al ongs i de, the vessel ' s crew re f use d to leave her, as th e t i de was ebb i ng, an d t h ey considered that they were in no immediate danger. Some time afterwards the vessel dried, and the master of the vessel walked on shore. The number of the crew, includin g master, was s i x men . I l e f t two of the lifeboat' s crew on b oar d, an d we returned to Kingsgate Bay with the boat a short time after midnight, Wet through. The lifeboat behaved very well on th e occasion. The smac k has not gone to pieces, but I d on ' t know w h at d amage she sustained this high tide, as there is a heavy sea on the rock while lam writing.—l am, tke. jAhIES BEARMAN, Coxswain. "To Captain Isacke, Honorary Secretary of the Kingsgaie Branch of the National Lifeboat Institution." SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, March 7.—Wind this day at noon—South• Weat ; blowing a strong breeze, and cloudy weather. PENZANCE, March O.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—A.rma. conda, from Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, March b.—Wind E.—Arrived—Annio Scott, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Anna Dorothea, for Bombay. CARDIFF, March s.—Wind N. B. — Arrived—Joseph and Maria, from Bilboa, Sailed—Beatrice, for Hong Kong— Orion, for Nassau. SHIELDS, March s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Rienzi, from Bilboa. FALMOUTH, March 6.—Wind S, W.—Arrrived—Anne, from Swansea for Gibraltar. 6.—Wind S.W.— Sailed—lndiana, for Mauritius. Cow Es, March PLY3fOUTII, March 6.—Wind S .W. - -Arrived— Cam brian, screw steamer, from Southampton, and proceeded for the Cap.) of Good Hope. CROO KHAVEN, Match 6.—Arrived—North American, steamer,, from Portland, U•S• (ay ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, M onday, 10 a.m. with iron r a il way sleepers for Madras , and the bark Randolph, Captai n T aylor, from ship Gl ß as e g au ow ni , 1,660 Gene, iron from aris Castle, Captain Robertson, London for the Cape of Good Hope, put into the Sound last night. The Beaumeris is chartered to bring home troops from India. The schooner Dovon, from Labrador, arrived this morning. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. from m rr L iv e ed viv Aiolra—rex. 1, March 6— „ from j°hailna'from A ar h uus—Pursu i t, Dunkirk. DEAL, Monday Morning. An chored—Susan, for Antigua — Englands' s Beauty, for Swar.sea—Perseveranee, for Nantes —Spec Nostros, for Buenos Ayres—Maria Ledounnea, for Bayonne—Alice, for Reggiski—all from London; Sea Star, from Adelaide, for Loudo n. .Pita 3ed—Snowdrop, from St. Michael's for Hull. Ia accordance with instructions received at Chat ham, from the War Office, all non-commissioned officers of Royal Artillery ho/ding the appointment of set geant majors of Volunteer Artillery corps, under the recent Volunteer regulations, are to be clothed, and equipped in the same wa y as sergean t majors of the Brigades of Royal Artillery. 631 3 col i 90 92 li Business done .0 /7 SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. ITALY. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agtt Bantam (taken) 100 to 15 aget Emblematic (taken) 10 to 1 aget Wee Nell (taken) 10 to 1 agat Portland (taken) 10 to 1 egg Jerusalem (offered) 15 to 1 aget Real Jam (taken) 16 to 1 agat Ocean Witch (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 23 to 1 agat Romeo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (taken) 33 to 1 agat Harry (taken) 40 to 1 aget Ireley (taken) 40 to 1 aget Leonidas (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Lioness (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) TWO THOUSAN D. 6to 1 agat Fille de l'Air (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) 33 to 1 agat Farce (taken) 33 to 1 agst Crisis (taken) TILE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Scottish Chief (take 10 to 1) 13 to 1 agat Paris (taken) 25 to 1 agat Idler (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Hollyfox (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Baragah (taken) CITY BETTING—(TIIIS DAY). LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 4 to 1 agst Tho Monk 6to 1 agst St. Lawrence 6to 1 agat Costa Bto 1 agat Trojanus GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agat Bantam (11 to 2 taken freely) 6to 1 slot Emblematic 9to 1 agst 'Wee Noll (taken) 10 to 1 agat Jerusalem 10 to 1 agat Portland 100 to 6 agat Real Jam 18 to 1 agst Ocean Witch 20 to 1 apt Bell's Life 25 to 1 agst Romeo 33 to 1 agat Harry 40 to 1 agst Czar • 40 to 1 agat Chester 40 to 1 aget Thomastown 60 to 1 apt Sir William 60 to 1 agat Reporter 60 to 1 agat Serious Case 50 to 1 aget Leonidas 100 to 1 agat Emblem (offered) THE SEFTON HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Persuasion 6to 1 aget Tomfoolery 6to 1 apt Fartslla 6 to 1 apt Argonaut THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RTAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lioness (taken freely) 11 to 1 apt Blithiield (offered) 12 to 1 apt Gardener CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 apt Golden Pledge 15 to 1 agst Blackdown 20 to 1 apt Anfiold 30 to 1 ngBt Muezzin DERRY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief 12 to 1 agst Cambuscan 15 to 1 agst Coastguard 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol 50 to 1 agst Copenhagen MANCHESTER BETTING THIS DAY-4 o'CLocx, LIVERPOOL sTnErLpcnAsn. 9 to 2 agat Bantam (taken) 100 to 15 agat Emblematic (taken Bto 1 agat Portland (taken) 10 to 1 aget Wee Nell (taken) 10 to 1 agat Jerusalem (taken) 20 to 1 agat Real Jam (taken) 30 to 1 agat Romeo (taken) SECOND EDITION. TURIN, March 6.—Letters from Venetia continue to mention important military preparati6na on the part of Austria. 'Within the range of the command of Verona, which comprises the Carniola, Trieste, and Istria, there are now 100,000 men, with mili tary stores sufficient for 300,000 men. A further force of 30,000 men is expected. The Austrian Government intends to concentrate a large body of artillery in the Polesina. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. Ocean Witch, Bell's Life, Harry. Jealousy, Aurelian Jocular, Romoo, Usher, Poland, Ellerton, Sir William, Ireley, Worcester, Bantam, David, Cutler, Flander. Miss Maria, Cutaway, Jack's-Alive, True Heart, Pot Paurri, Mrs. Nesbitt, Portland, Dreadnought, Banbury, Ailesbury, Philo, Cholmondeley, Paroquet, and Jacob. RACING FIXT fRES FOR 1864. Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick .. 16 Arum. Crorton•park 1 Epsom Spring Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Newmarket Craven .... 11 Abergavenny b Newmarket First Spring 26 Think 6 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, No change in market. Saks, about 4,000 bales cnports, 4,938 ; previously, 453. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS—This Evening. The Loan CIiANCELLOIi took his coat on tho woolsack at 5 o'clook, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Stokee Bay Railway and Pier Bill was read a eeoond ime. TILE PUNISHMENT OF RAPE. _ . The Earl of WESTMEATH begged to lay upon the table a bill to amend the law with respect to the punishment of rape. The noble earl said he had on a former occasion endeavoured to bring in a bill for the same purpose, but he had been prevented by a very narrow majority of their lordships from proceeding with so salutory a measure. The law, as it at present dieted, was not at all sufficient to afford adequate protection to women. The first object of his bill, therefore, was, that where wore than one person was concerned pall() whipping should be inflicted on the participators in such an abominable offence. The bill was read a first time. TILE KER'I'CII PRIZE MONEY. Lord CHELMSFORD rose to put a question to the First Lord of the Admiralty with respect to the distribution of the Parliamentary grant amongst flag officers in the fleet employed in the expedition t) Kerteh and Yenikale in 1855. The noble lord cited the method of alloting prize money, but the money divided under the warrant in the present case was not to be looked upon as ordinary prize money. The usual flag share in the case was £2,856, to which Lord Lyons would have been entitled to two-thirds, and Sir Houston Stewart to one-third, but the Admiralty had given £1,428 to Lord Lyons and the remaining moiety had been divided between Admirals Sir Houston Stewart, Boxer, Sir M. Stopford, and Bray, but the lest three gallant officers had not been engaged in the expedi tion, and therefore were not entitled to participate. In the present instance, it appeared to him that, according to the distribution made, Lord Lyons had been deprived of £457, and Admiral Stewart of £595. Ile wished to know whether the opinion of the law officers had been consulted before the money was paid. The Duke of SOMERSET maintained that the money had been distributed in accordance with the naval service and her M a j es ty's proclamation issued on March 29, 1854. Many other distributions, which the noble lord recapitulated, had been made on aocount of captures made in the years 1864 55 to officers in co mmand on the station, and not the slightest discontent had been evinced. Th e directions of the Royal warrant were quite clear, and there fore the Admiralty had but one duty to do, and that was to divide the money in accordance with it. An instance had occurred in the year 1855, in which a capture had been mad. in the Bieck Sea, when one of the Officers who parti cipated was at Malta and 'millet at Constantinople. He did not consult the law dicers of the Cr own b e f ore h e dis tributed the money, but he was guided ky the practice of the Admiralty. [LEFT SrEAKING,] a!er[oe i sipSeCOMMONS—This Evening. 1 Speakerthe chai r a t f our o ' clock. 'o tookl METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. Mr. CRAWFORD gdvo notice that ho would, on an early day, draw the attention of the house to this subject with a view to raking the whole question of the proposed niofropolitan railways. THE OCCUPATION OP JUTLAND. Lord P ALMERSTON, in reply to a question, said that he could only repeat the statement ho had made on a pro vions occasion. (Laughter.) CAPTURE OF VESSELS. Mr. It. LONG asked the First Lord of tho Treasury whether a ship belonging to the Confederate navy would have the same right to search and make prize of an English vessel carrying contraband of war to a Federal port that a Federal war vessel would exercise in the case of a British ship carrying contraband of war to a Confederate port; The Star Life Assurance Society, - ANNUAL MEETING-THIS DAY. The twentieth annual meeting of the members of the Star Life Assurance Society was held to-day at the offices, 13, Moorgate -street, City. Charles Harwood, Esq., chairman of the Board 01 Di rectors, presided. The usual preliminary business having been transacted, the annual report of the directors and the report of Mr. Jenkyn Jones on the affairs of the society were read to the meeting. The directors' report was read by Jesse Hobson, Esq., the Secretary, as follows The Directors Directors of the Star Life Assurance Society, in again meeting their constituents, have groat pleasure in being able to present a most gratifying report, at this, the twentieth annual, or fourth quinquennial, meeting : Tee figures which will be presented to this meeting will refer not only to the operations of the society during the past year, but to those which have occurred since its estab lishment in 1843. The directors have to report, that during 1863 they received 1,195 proposals for assurance; of this number they issued 95G poli c i es f or t h e aseuranoe o £353,310, yielding in annual premiums £13 ; 114 16s. Id., the highoet amount paid for new policies in any year since the foundation of the society. The directors have been compelled, reluctantly, to decline many of the proposals which have been submitted to them, as being, in their opinion, not eligible for assurance. As a further illustration of the advance of the company, the following comparative result is given of the four com pleted cycles elfin years which have elapsed : No. of Sums Pelleles. Assured. Premium. First period, to 1848.... 2,204 £690,277 £22,506 15 11 Second period, to 1853..2,832 923,156 30,280 1) 7 Third period, to 1858 ... 3,191 1,086,040 37,766 14 4 Fourth period, to 1863 .. 4,792 1,721,252 60,031 5 0 of this number there remained in existence at the close of the year 9,370 policies for the assurance of £3,229,841 10s. By the auditors' report it will be observed that the in como of the society on the 31st December last, amounted to £120,489 4s. 3d., and the accumulated fund at that date amounted to £567,361 9s. 11d., showing an increase in the fund of .£72,381 15s. lid. during the year. Claims by death have arisen under 107 policies, assuring 92 persons, and the sum of £32,804 12s. Id. (which includes bonus additions of £1,469 Os.) has been paid to the repre sentatives of those deceased, Of this amount, £6,000 has been reassured with other offices, thus reducing the net loss to the Star by death to £26,804 12s. Id. The claims which have been discharged, since the origin of the society, amount, in the aggregate, to £91,348 Os. It is scarcely neeeesary to repeat, that to the valuable and general support of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion is this prosperity mainly to be attributed ; and the Directors think that it will be interesting to the meeting to be in formed, that a very large proportion of the assured are either members or hearers of that religious body. This being the fourth quinquennial period, tho Directors are called upon, by the deed ot settlement, to investigate the affairs of the society, with a view ot apportioning the profit,' to the policy-holders. For this purpose they have in structed Mr. Jenkyn Jones to make a valuation, and give a complete and detailed report of the assets and linbUitien ot the society. That report, which will be lead to you, shows, as was anticipated, that the business effected is of a very profitable character, and will enable the Directors 10 declare a reversionary bonus averaging rather more than 50 per cent. upon the premiums paid during the past five years; the result of which, as relating to each particular policy, will be communicated to those interested at as early a period as posrible, As, however, these calculations will occupy considerable time, it is obvious that such result can not be communicated to all the policy-holders in lees than two or three months. The Directors retiring by rotstion aro W. li. Smith, W. M. Ware, A. Bealey, and Edward Ball, Esqs., who, being eligible, will be proposed for re-election. The CHAIRMAN sail it was with more than ordinary pleasure that he met the share and policy holders that day, because the success of the past year's exertions had been crowned with the most brilliant success. (Hear, hear.) The new business for the year amounted to nearly 1,000 policies of £353,310, which would yield an annual premium of £13,114 16e. Id., which would be the largest amount paid for new policies in any year since the foundation of the society. There was another matter of congratulation, and that was the increase of the accumulated Lfund. (Bear hear.) In order to comply with the terms of the deed of settlement, the directors, with a view of apportioning the profits to both share and policy holders, had had to select a qualified gentleman to whom they could submit the affairs of the society, and the highly interesting and favourable report they had had front Mr. Jenkyn Junes fully bore out the eu ectations of the directors. (Hear, hear.) The bonus was a substantial ono—(hear, hear)—and although ho could not gratify the policyholders with the specific sum each would receive yet, he would conclude his observations by formally moving the reception and adoption of the report. The motion, having been seconded, was put to the meet. ing,and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN neat moved the re-election of the retir ing directors—viz., W. H. Smith, Esq., J. M. Ware, /15q., and E. Boaley, Esq., which was also agreed to unanimously. Thanks having lnen awarded to directors, auditors, and medical officers, A special vote of thanks was proposed and accorded to the secretary and his very efficient staff. Mr. IlonsoN thanked the meeting for the compliment just paid to him and his staff. They had but ono ambition, namely, to see the society in the most flourishing condition. He had finished his first apprenticeship to thorn to-day, as the present was theeihgth annual report he had the pleasure of reading to them. Seven years ago their annual income was £61,000, whilst it was now £120,000. Their assets at that period were £202,000, they were now £5.57,000, and this alone would show some exertion had been made. (Hear.) It would always be his constant endeavour to increase and extend their success by every means in his power. (Hear, hear.) He had a favour to ask those present; it was to kindly communicate to their friends that the amount of bonus payable to each policy holdi•r could not be ascertained for two or three months, but immediately it was known there would be no loss of time in acquainting those entitled to it with the pleasant fact. If they would oblige him so far ho was certain it would save him a great deal of letter writing, (Laughter.)' The Shareholders' bonus would be payable about the first we e k in April. A ♦ote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. THE POPE AND HIS VISITORS.—A correspondent of I he Temps gives the following details respecting the cert.,- nton the ante-chambers you a re introduced t o thePope'mial at audiences granted by the Pops: — "After passing through presence. His Holiness sits at the end of the room, under a canopy, on a small throne, raised One step hum the floor, in an arm chair of velvet and gold, with a writing-table be fore him. You kneel at the dour, again in the middle of the room, and a third time jua; b e f ore you reach the throne.. w Th e e r i : a opepresents hi s f oo t and you kiss the white slipper, hgold cross is placed. You remain kneeling until his H o liness 'notions y ou to rise. Tu men of the world the siget ie wads instantly, an d t h e conversation takes place stand ing. To religi ons persona, monks, and even secondary prelates, the sign to rise is frequently n ot made at all, and they speak while still kneeling. onto high per.. sonages also speak with the Pope while kneeling ; M. do Wrode always does, though so intimate with Pius IX. There is nothing extraordinary in this here, for I have seen nuns kneeling before their confessor for a whole half hour. It is an Oriental usage, which is common in the reli gious world at Rome and seems to shock nobody. Somo• times, indeed, persons squat down familiarly on their heels. Cardinals and bishops kiss the Pope'a hand, and sit on a gilt stool. Some French bishops insist on kissing: his foot. NG lady is admitted to an audience, except Queens and Prin cesses, with their Ladies of Honour. As to other ladies, tlea I'ope meets them in the gallery or gardens, not in the apart ments. The toilet for ladies, of whatever rank, is black with a veil. Men take off their gloves. The Popo remains scale& withcardinals and bishops. He rises to rceeivo princes and princesses. For Kings he advances to the middle of the room and receives them there. For Emperors he goes aa far as the ante. chamber. When tho Popo return s the visit of Kings or Emperors etiquette requires theca to come down to his carriage and open the door. It is a tradition that Popes are charming in their audiences. E ver y thing is prepared to astonish and disconcert the visi tor. Ono would say that the secretirice and cham berla i ns guard the mnjesty of G o d:. The result is a mntras ting effect ; at the first sm il e o f t hi s venerable Divinity one's heart is deeply moved. Christina of Sweden could not refrain from tears in the presence of Alexander VII. Tile famoul Alexander VI. (Borgia) was literally calif ivatiug. He had a frankness which was most charming. lie ga" apublic audienco eve:y Thursday. PiusVl. was very handsome for an old man. Gregory XV/., though of morose memory, was enchanting. As for rill!' IL, everybody on retirjng from the audience exclaims, He is an angel!' Never Vi 313 there a Pope of enure amiable dibpoeition." and, if not, whether such partiality in favour of one belligerent Powers is reconcileable with the "strict trality " professed by her Majesty's Government. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES BILL. On the resuming of the adjourned debate on this bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the object of the bill was to meet a necessity that had existed in reference to the requirements of society. This bill bad been subjected to some ;criticism, but he challenged the closest scrutiny into the principal details of the bill, and he had no doubt the result would be satisfactory. It had been asserted that this bill was unparliamentary, but ho denied that the functions of the Legislature were so restricted. The question with which they had to deal with at present was about life insurance, When Government in terfered it was with a view to protect the labouring classes from the evils to which they were subjected unde r th e . . eeisting sy s t em o f fr i en dl y soc i at i cs. rehrence to the practical operation of the bill, he seid that however involved the quest i on m i g h t appear to an ordinary ob server, it was v ery s i mp l e, f or i n est i mat i ng life actuaries were aware that, although individual lite was most uncertain, life in the aggregate was ascertainable by calculations Of uuerring luta. (Hear, hear.) lie entered i nto d etail to show the necessity that existed as to friendly societies and insurance aucieties as a net diem of the investment of the poorer classes. Government . did n ot want to interfere with private enterprises in reference to so important a matter as insurance, but all they were called upon to do was to afford the provident classes a securit y for their investments. It had been said to him by a deputation which he had received re cently, that the Government could not carry on the busi ness of life insurance profitably, because the trade had to be found without " toetera" it could not bo profitable. He repeated that the only object of G vernineut was to affor n d security to to tu te Proyident. Th o r i g h t hon. gentle laihcksatariteiss statistics and quoted th e report° of the ui most e 'illustration of his views az to nt eminentn [ Jive insurance being a profitable unde rta ki ng. LEFT SPEAKING.] 100 100 100 100 100 Mli 1.14.6 3.4.0 8.9.0 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 Sli 1.3.0 2i 19, 2, 3.1.0 2.0.9 10.6.7 It 104 1 'li , 4 I